Topic: Gelt Woods in November (Read 2695 times)

KMRennie · « **on:** May 01, 2017, 06:45:43 am »

My local woods on a foggy day just as the sun was starting to break through. Taken in 2011 Olympus E410 kit lens. Hope you like it. Ken

Otto Phocus · « **Reply #1 on:** May 01, 2017, 08:12:02 am »

Wow. Nicely done.

I judge the "goodness" of a photograph on how much time do I enjoy looking at it.

This is a pretty good photograph in my opinion.

This is something I would like hanging on my wall, and that is something I rarely say.

Nicely done.

Krug · « **Reply #2 on:** May 01, 2017, 08:28:55 am »

I agree 100% with Otto's comment - a lovely image - subtle, atmospheric, all about the scene,the resulting image, the photographer's eye. Excellent - would be delighted to have mage this and would proudly hang it on the wall.

francois · « **Reply #3 on:** May 01, 2017, 08:50:56 am »

Fantastic shot. I could spend hours looking at it...

graeme · « **Reply #4 on:** May 01, 2017, 09:01:05 am »

Nice work.

Eric Myrvaagnes · « **Reply #5 on:** May 01, 2017, 09:01:51 am »

Another thumbs up.
Otto said it all.

Rajan Parrikar · « **Reply #6 on:** May 01, 2017, 09:32:12 am »

Lovely.

sdwilsonsct · « **Reply #7 on:** May 01, 2017, 09:42:59 am »

Inspiring.

Jeremy Roussak · « **Reply #8 on:** May 01, 2017, 12:44:40 pm »

Beautifully done.

Jeremy

VincentR · « **Reply #9 on:** May 01, 2017, 01:49:39 pm »

Like forest in Disney's fairy tales. Nicely done!

Telecaster · « **Reply #10 on:** May 01, 2017, 03:17:26 pm »

Lovely for sure. And they say money doesn't grow on trees?!

-Dave-

Paulo Bizarro · « **Reply #11 on:** May 02, 2017, 05:06:05 am »

Really good.

graeme · « **Reply #12 on:** May 02, 2017, 05:17:35 am »

+1 to all of the above comments.

KMRennie · « **Reply #13 on:** May 02, 2017, 07:21:30 am »

Thanks for the comments. I have sat on this image for 6 years thinkin it not worth processing. I have recently "discovered" the joys of negative clarity and reduced saturation and that is what allows this misty backlit view to shine. Previously I would have ruined the shot by trying to make it pop. Now I need to trawl through older images for similarly ignored files. Ken

stamper · « **Reply #14 on:** May 02, 2017, 08:28:42 am »

The above praise is well merited!

KMRennie · « **Reply #15 on:** May 02, 2017, 08:41:06 am »

This was taken 30 minutes earlier and a few hundred metres away in an old Quarry. Roman inscriptions nearby tell you just how old. The stones for the nearby Hadrian's wall came from this location. I am not quite as happy with this shot perhaps the crepuscular rays just grab too much attention but I am loath to remove/ reduce them. Ken

Eric Myrvaagnes · « **Reply #16 on:** May 02, 2017, 08:59:19 am »

I think you've got this one just right, too.

Otto Phocus · « **Reply #17 on:** May 02, 2017, 09:48:34 am »

An additional "thumbs-up" for the use of the word crepuscular.

KMRennie · « **Reply #18 on:** May 02, 2017, 09:55:46 am »

I have got into the swing of this now. So here is another image plus a reprocessing of the last one. Off to Northern France, before Mrs May closes the border, for a week of seascape photography plus a glass or two of wine. Ken

graeme · « **Reply #19 on:** May 02, 2017, 10:00:54 am »

That's lovely too Ken. Do you think it might be worth slightly lightening the branch in the bottom left corner? It stands out a bit too much to my eyes. ( It's quite a lot blacker / more contrasty than anything else in the image.

There's a lot of Roman stuff in that neck of the woods ( no pun intended ): Hexham Abbey just down the road has a Saxon crypt made of reused Roman stone.

Graeme

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